Having more than one passport....or a residency of another country. Its thare any advantages?

I come across some lucky people in Real Jock with this privilege. Having 2 nationality. Or he is a nationality on one country and residency of another. I am a little bit envious of this people. I mean you can live in this country and move to another one if thing dont work out.

However with the world getting more borderless this sort of things dont carry a lot of advantage anymore.( I can easily live, buy property, retire in a cheaper neighbouring country if I wanted too despite having just one passport) . I imaging there disadvantages too, like paying taxes to both country and how about retirement program (for example social security in USA) .

Is anyone here more than one nationality or residency? Do you feel it somehow have a positive impact to you life?

A good friend of mine was born in Portugal shortly before his family arrived in the US. He has passports from both countries. So when this "California-lookin, Portugeese speaking" white boy goes to Brazil for fun, he travels under the Portugeese passsport, mostly for safety. US passports can be "red flags" in other parts of the world which is why travel companies like Magellans sell classy leather passport cases without the eagle on them (and with the spy blocker built in so that the info on the passport's chip can't be read covertly).

I was born in Germany to a German citizen(Mother) and a American citizen(Father) I Don't even know If I still have my German citizenship anymore The citizenship laws over there are confusing(plus they change them every 10 years). I know I only have an American passport because I got mine in America. If anyone could answer my question that would be nice.

But I personally think it would be a pain in the ass moving back and fourth between countries. I would just Live in one and visit one a lot if I was home sick or whatever.

Wouldn't there be an advantage if you had citizenship in a country that had public healthcare? I'm sure there are specific rules to this, but I would imagine that you could go back to your other country in case you need serious medical treatments that would be too expensive in your current country.

Would make it easier when the revolution comes to get out of the country quicker, especially since the border with Canada is harder to sneak across now. Not that I'd ever condone such behavior or know the best farm roads to use.

Figured I'd throw this out there, one disadvantage, though it's fairly specific to your employment goals in life, is that if you hold more than one citizenship, it will disqualify you from obtaining government clearance. As it currently stands, you cannot have ties to another country while working in such a capacity for the US government.

Again, depends on your personal employment choices/goals. I had the opportunity to be dual citizenship from Thailand and the US, but eventually turned 18, never made the choice, and just kept my solo US citizenship. Got put up for clearance about a month ago, and noticed that clause, so I'm glad I avoided it altogether. (For those who are wondering about this further, I'd look up the "Adjudicator's Desk Reference" for more specific information. I do believe that if you go for a job that requires clearance, but you have dual or more citizenship, you can renounce the other citizenships and then you'll be clear after a certain amount of time has passed. Again, for those who are seriously concerned about this, look up the desk reference on Google.)

I was born in Australia, and a few years ago took out British citizenship (my mother was born in Scotland). It's pretty advantageous in that I can live and work anywhere in the EU whenever I want; friends of mine had to rush off to the UK to get work just before they turned 30 because there is some limit on getting work visas with age.

From the feedback I receive here, I guess it not really a big deal. If all the advantages you got, is faster immigration, somethings cool to have., two separate identity, (why , are you a criminal?). Probably the ability to work in different country are beneficial to me, if I am a young person looking for job. As it is , I am happy with what I have and have no reason to work in other country.

I am a citizen of the USA and of Norway; the former gives me immediate access to the US (one of the major countries in our current world), while the latter gives me access to a social democratic state and to the European Union.

Even if I were to be convicted of a crime, I would still retain access to the US (a recent series of ads in Norway use the threat of denied access to the US as a deterrent against tagging and graffiti). I also do not have to apply for a visa to work or study there.

It has had a positive impact on my tuition costs for when I studied in the States and been useful for when I've visited family (and been good on my student loan access when studying whether in Norway or in the US). I imagine it may be useful when I finally start a career, if such a career demands inter-continental travel.

I only pay taxes to Norway at this point (though I've recently learned that the IRS wants US citizens abroad to submit tax forms, even if they have no income that is taxable to the US). Having met up for service in the Norwegian draft (and being deemed unnecessary in peacetime), I do not have to serve in the US military even if there is a country-wide draft.

I dont think dual citizenship has immediate advantages; I see them as fringe benefits. For example, I can apply for jobs overseas that I would normally be excluded from. And I put on my resume that I have dual citizenship, because while it make not be directly related to any job I am going for, you never know where your resume is going to end up...

All i can say is dont try to cross the American border at Detroit with dual citizenship . . . and yes, if you were wondering, they are the type that get angry when you (rightfully) insult their intelligence.